creep
/kriːp/
noun
- An unpleasant or strange person, especially one who makes others feel uncomfortable.
- Don't be such a creep—stop staring at people.
- The movie is about a creep who follows people home.
- That guy at the party was a total creep.
- A slow, gradual movement or change.
- The creep of the glacier is barely visible from year to year.
- There has been a creep in prices over the last few months.
- Soil creep slowly moves rocks downhill over centuries.
verb
- To move slowly, quietly, and carefully, often to avoid being noticed.
- She crept downstairs in the middle of the night to get a glass of water.
- We had to creep past the guard to escape.
- The cat crept through the grass toward the bird.
- To move or spread gradually in a way that is hard to notice.
- A feeling of unease crept over him during the meeting.
- Mist crept across the valley as the sun set.
- The vines crept up the side of the old stone wall.
- To behave in a servile or sycophantic way toward someone in authority.
- She crept to the teacher to get an extension on the assignment.
- He's always creeping to the boss, hoping for a promotion.
- I can't stand people who creep just to get favors.